are not to be taken in any certain order. The first step for one may be the last step for another. So just take whatever steps seem easiest for you and as you take a few steps it will become easier for you to take a few more (Peace Pilgrim, 1982, p.9).

There are four preparations:

* right attitude toward life. * bringing our lives into harmony with the laws that govern this universe. * finding one’s special place in the universe through inner guidance. * simplification of life.

There are four purifications:

* of body * of thoughts * of desires * of motivations

There are four relinquishments:

* of self-will * of the feeling of separateness * of all attachments * of all negative feelings (pp.9-20)

Peace gives further advice: “The path of gradual relinquishment…is a difficult path, for only when relinquishment is complete do the rewards really come. The path of quick relinquishments is an easy path, for it brings immediate blessings.” (p.21)